back road

Example Sentences

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I installed seat belts so I can put my 2-½-year-old daughter’s car seat in back for slow back road drives.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 9, 2025

The crash involving a silver Peugeot 107 happened at about 01:20 BST on a back road at Haldon near Exeter Racecourse, Devon and Cornwall Police said.

From BBC • Aug. 8, 2024

Christian Martinez, 29, is the first conviction for the U.S. government over the tragedy in San Antonio, where the truck was found on a remote back road in June 2022.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 27, 2023

We follow McCormick as he travels down back road after back road in rural Mississippi, knocking on doors, talking in barbershops, hanging out in pool rooms, hitting dead ends, turning his car around.

From New York Times • Apr. 17, 2023

What I thought had been some hickville back road had actually been Highway 219, in the middle of nowhere.

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken